05 Dec Port Leaders Express Concern Over Funding Demands From CBP The trade association that represents the nation’s ports has written to the leadership of United States Customs and Border Protection expressing concern about the costs that CBP expects ports to absorb for new and upgraded facilities to house CBP staff. Read more...
05 Dec AOBRD Phaseout Under ELD Rule Could Pose Challenges for Fleets and Vendors, Experts Warn ATLANTA — Nearly all motor carriers subject to the federal electronic logging device mandate have complied with that regulation, but another significant transition remains for fleets still using AOBRDs, older e-log systems that predate the ELD rule, industry experts said. Read more...
05 Dec Trump Targets Amazon in Call for Higher Postal Shipping Rates President Donald Trump’s administration is recommending the U.S. Postal Service raise prices for shipping packages, a move that would hit online retailers such as Amazon.com. Read more...
04 Dec Overdue Guidelines for Hair-Sample Testing Crawl Toward Next Step ROCKVILLE, Md. — A draft of proposed mandatory federal guidelines for drug testing using hair samples continues to slowly wind its way through the federal bureaucracy, still months — or perhaps longer — away from being released for public comment. Read more...
04 Dec Technology Firm Project44 Acquires Danish Partner GateHouse Project44, a Chicago-based freight technology firm, has acquired GateHouse Logistics, a Danish firm it partnered with earlier this year as part of a move to provide shipment visibility to customers in North America and Europe. Read more...
04 Dec Odyssey Completes Acquisition of AFF Global Logistics Odyssey Logistics & Technology Corp. has completed the acquisition of AFF Global Logistics for $465 million. Read more...
04 Dec VW Mulls Second US Plant, Joint Ford Output After White House Visit Volkswagen AG is considering adding a second factory to its U.S. manufacturing footprint and could tap Ford Motor Co. plants to build cars, Herbert Diess, CEO of VW, said after a meeting at the White House. Read more...
04 Dec FMCSA to Outline Priorities at TRB Session Jan. 15 The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is scheduled to host its annual policy review session at the Transportation Research Board’s annual meeting Jan. 15, the agency announced this week. Read more...
04 Dec FMCSA Seeks Comments on Vehicle Maintenance Practices Federal trucking regulators have issued a request for comments on the role that vehicle maintenance plays in motor carrier safety. The responses will be included in research that will use online surveys to obtain data to address the study’s objectives. Read more...
04 Dec Letter: Keep Urging Young People to Pick Trucking as a Career I read with interest your excellent article highlighting college students’ participation at ATA’s Management Conference & Exhibition in October in Austin. Read more...